The St Peter Food Access Network is a community coalition that worked together to bring about a free produce distribution and new bus route to accommodate community members seeking fresh, healthy produce at Fresh Food Fridays this summer. They served 218 households this month!
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Julia Dinsmore will be the keynote speaker at SHH’s Food Partner Conference. Her book jacket states,“her riveting stories, songs, and poems reveal what it is like to be poor in America. Articulate, clear-visioned, and endowed with a marvelous sense of justice and humor.” You don’t want to miss this opportunity to hear her speak.
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ACBC Food Shelf recently went through the SuperShelf transformation and found it’s a lot more than just new produce displays, fresh paint and reorganization. They state that families have greater ability to choose the foods they want and the food shelf has been able to shift ordering habits. Don’t forget the SuperShelf grant closes Aug. 31!
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Curious about volunteer trends in Minnesota? MAVA has released a preliminary report based on a survey of 239 volunteer leaders in April 2018.
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The Food Rescue team welcomes Lorne Petkau the new Food Rescue Specialist covering the west metro and north-west central part of the service area.
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